My 10 yo daughter and I were at a restaurant and she found one on the sidewalk. We used a piece of paper to move it off the pavement to a spot under a shrub. Fortunately, she is squeamish about touching many bugs. But I came *that* close to just picking it up for her. I sure would have been sorry. I didn't know there was such a thing as stinging caterpillar - they look so innocuous.

Thanks for mentioning it!